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Venezuela, while winning
Caribbean hearts for its
highly appreciated PetroCaribe
deal which has helped us
through one of the world s
worst economic crises, is fool-
ishly pursuing a centuries-old
claim to huge parts of
Guyana.
There is hardly a better
example of Robert Louis
Stephenson s Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde, the bright and dark
sides co-existing in one per-
son, in this case one country.
It is highly unlikely that any
country is going to give up
parts of its territory to any
other claimant without going
to war---a war that could turn
out to be more costly than
the value of the land being
sought. Outmatched militarily
as it is, Guyana yesterday
deployed troops near to its
western borders, in answer to
the earlier amassing of troops,
backed by missiles, by
Venezuela to its eastern bor-
der.
Venezuela has been reported
as saying that the activity in
the eastern part of the coun-
try was an operational exer-
cise, related apparently to
claims that Guyanese have
crossed their borders illegally.
But missile deployment would
hardly be warranted to stop
illegal migrants. Not to men-
tion the suspension of talks
towards the appointment of a
Venezuelan ambassador to
Georgetown.
News reports quoted chief
of staff of the Guyana
Defence Force Brigadier Mark
Phillips as saying its own
deployment of troops is
geared towards defining "acts
of aggression and incursion"
at the border.
Venezuela has renewed its
claim to the mineral and for-
est-rich Essequibo region and
all of the Atlantic Sea off the
Essequibo region of Guyana,
that would include the oil-
rich Stabroek Block, where
American oil giant Exxon
Mobil in May found a "signif-
icant" reserve of high-quality
crude oil in one of the two
wells it dug in the Liza-1 drill
site.
While all this is going on,
Venezuela has declared itself a
friend of the Caribbean Com-
munity (Caricom), of which
Guyana is an integral member.
At the end of their annual
summit in Barbados in July
this year, Caricom countries
reaffirmed the "long-standing,
deep and wide-ranging
friendship between Caricom
and the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela."
Guyana is also a member of
the Group of 77 in the United
Nations where there is agree-
ment that disputes or dis-
agreements will be settled
peacefully, as enshrined in the
Charter of the UN. The Span-
ish-speaking country could
not take military action
against Guyana without
threatening its relationship
with Caricom and the UN.
The UN is hoping to broker
a meeting with Guyanese
President David Granger and
his Venezuelan counterpart Mr
Nicolas Maduro on the mar-
gins of the UN General
Assembly to be held later this
month in New York.
Guyana maintains its posi-
tion that it settled this terri-
torial matter 116 years ago
and complains that the con-
tinuing Venezuelan claim is
affecting Guyana s develop-
ment in a serious way, scaring
away investors and creating an
atmosphere of tension and
suspicion. President Granger
says his country is no longer
interested in the sterile good
officer process but instead will
be seeking to resolve the dis-
pute through the courts.
No good will come of
Venezuela s flexing of muscles.
In these modern times, it
would be far better for
Venezuela to seek to enter
into commercial deals with
Guyana which badly needs
investment to develop the dis-
puted regions.
VENEZUELA-GUYANA BORDER
DISPUTE: DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
David Granger
Nicloas Maduro
Now that the political dust
has settled and we have a new
government, congratulations are
in order for the winner.
The question now arises, what
is going to happen with the
projects, large and small, that
the former government initiated,
in whatever state of completion
they may be in at present.
The new government, by its
own mandate and assurances
given, is committed to carry on
those that are already signed
and sealed, some are completed
eg Mayaro Fire Station, Cycling
Facility Couva, Swimming Facili-
ty, Couva Hospital, UWI Debe,
etc. Some are on-going eg Point
Fortin Highway; some are pro-
posed with concrete plans eg
San Fernando Waterfront Devel-
opment Project, and some, no
plans as yet, eg Princes Town to
Mayaro Highway, The North
West Peninsula Development
Project, and the infamous cause-
way.
I am subject to correction on
this. The three developers for
the NW Peninsula Project have
been named and are probably
holding on to signed contracts.
What about the proposed Toco
to Tobago ferry ?
In some ways the new govern-
ment has hinted that they may
hold back on new large scale
projects to concentrate on fixing
existing ones.
The project that concerns me
most is the San Fernando
Waterfront Development Project,
for which I have been an advo-
cate and agitator for the past 25
years. I have been an independ-
ent community activist and vol-
untary social worker in San Fer-
nando West for the past 20
years.
My fear is that this project
will go the way of all the others
in the past. That is: rejected by
the new government, take three
years to develop new plans, one
year on public consultations and
one year on elections propagan-
da. With my known contribu-
tions through the MP s office
and Mayor s office, I applied to
serve on the Waterfront Devel-
opment Project Committee, but
was rejected.
I have interacted with the
people of San Fernando West
and the water front, including
Phase II on the line and brought
the people together with the
authorities on several occasions.
I have participated in public
consultations and to date the
Waterfront Project has failed to
get off the ground---only used as
election propaganda prior to
every elections. At present my
community project is the forma-
tion of a drumming ensemble,
providing drums at my own
expense at Phase II.
My only success so far is the
Lady Hailes Avenue Sea Bathing
Facilities under Mayor Kazim
Hosein.
My last efforts were the
bringing together of the Mayor s
Office and the council to meet
with Kings Wharf Central occu-
piers, when they were promised
water and lights. So far the
council has done nothing.
My thanks to the office of the
new MP Mr Al-Rawi which
brought temporary tank water
relief to Phase II residents north
of the jetty. They now need
lights. We are of the view that
development can come to the
wharf area that would include
the present occupiers, and not
just an opportunity for big busi-
ness to come in and take over.
Joel Quintal,
San Fernando
Capital projects must be
allowed to continue